List of U.S. states by unemployment rate
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This is a list of the 2003 annual average unemployment rate per state. Data provided from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment [1] (http://bls.gov/gps/home.htm).
| Rank | State or District | Unemployment Rate |
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| 1 | Oregon | 8.2 |
| 2 | Alaska | 8.0 |
| 3 | Washington | 7.5 |
| 4 | Michigan | 7.3 |
| 5 | District of Columbia | 7.0 |
| 6 | Texas | 6.8 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 6.8 |
| 8 | Illinois | 6.7 |
| 9 | California | 6.7 |
| 10 | Louisiana | 6.6 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 6.5 |
| 12 | New Mexico | 6.4 |
| 13 | New York | 6.3 |
| 14 | Mississippi | 6.3 |
| 15 | Kentucky | 6.2 |
| 16 | Arkansas | 6.2 |
| 17 | West Virginia | 6.1 |
| 18 | Ohio | 6.1 |
| 19 | Colorado | 6.0 |
| 20 | New Jersey | 5.9 |
| 21 | Tennessee | 5.8 |
| 22 | Massachusetts | 5.8 |
| 23 | Alabama | 5.8 |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 5.7 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 5.6 |
| 26 | Utah | 5.6 |
| 27 | Pennsylvania | 5.6 |
| 28 | Missouri | 5.6 |
| 29 | Arizona | 5.6 |
| 30 | Connecticut | 5.5 |
| 31 | Kansas | 5.4 |
| 32 | Idaho | 5.4 |
| 33 | Rhode Island | 5.3 |
| 34 | Nevada | 5.2 |
| 35 | Maine | 5.1 |
| 36 | Indiana | 5.1 |
| 37 | Florida | 5.1 |
| 38 | Minnesota | 5.0 |
| 39 | Montana | 4.7 |
| 40 | Georgia | 4.7 |
| 41 | Vermont | 4.6 |
| 42 | Maryland | 4.5 |
| 43 | Iowa | 4.5 |
| 44 | Wyoming | 4.4 |
| 45 | Delaware | 4.4 |
| 46 | New Hampshire | 4.3 |
| 47 | Hawaii | 4.3 |
| 48 | Virginia | 4.1 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 4.0 |
| 50 | Nebraska | 4.0 |
| 51 | South Dakota | 3.6 |
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